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Osama bin Laden was killed in the raid and initial versions said three other men and a woman were killed as well: bin Laden's adult son Khalid, [91] [92] bin Laden's courier Abu Ahmed al-Kuwaiti, al-Kuwaiti's brother Abrar, and Abrar's wife Bushra. [54] Conflicting reports of an initial firefight exist.
Osama bin Laden was born on 10 March 1957 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. [9] [10] His father was Muhammad bin Ladin, [11] [12] a billionaire construction magnate with close ties to the Saudi royal family, [13] and his mother was Mohammed bin Laden's tenth wife, Syrian Hamida al-Attas (then called Alia Ghanem).
Hamza bin Laden [a] (1989 – disappeared in 2017 or 2019) was a Saudi Arabian-born key member of al-Qaeda. [3] He was a son of Osama bin Laden.On 14 September 2019, it was claimed by U.S. President Donald Trump that he was killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border.
The U.S. has obtained intelligence that the son and potential successor of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, is dead, three U.S. officials say.
The White House statement says Hamza bin Laden's death "not only deprives Al-Qaeda of important leadership skills and the symbolic connection to his father, but undermines important operational ...
Details of the strike that killed Hamza bin Laden are scarce. U.S. Officials aren't releasing details on where it happened.
Mohammed bin Laden was married 22 times, although to no more than four women at a time per Sharia. Osama was the only son of Mohammed bin Laden and his tenth wife, Hamida al-Attas, née Alia Ghanem, [11] who was born in Syria. Although there has been widespread speculation that his maternal family is Alawite, they have claimed to be Sunni Muslims.
It's been five years since U.S. Navy Seals killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden at a compound in Pakistan. Since then, more and more details have emerged about bin Laden's last moments ...